Frederick Walker Baldwin, known as Casey Baldwin, was a Canadian engineer and aviation and hydrofoil pioneer. Born in Toronto in 1882, he became the first Canadian and British subject to fly an airplane in 1908 and co-founded the Aerial Experiment Association in 1907 with Alexander Graham Bell, Douglas McCurdy, Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Selfridge. He managed Bell's laboratories from 1909 to 1932 and built the HD-4 hydrofoil, which set a world water speed record of 114 kilometers per hour in 1919. He also represented Victoria in the Nova Scotia Legislature from 1933 to 1937 and helped establish Cape Breton Highlands National Park. He died in 1948 at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, and was inducted posthumously into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1974.
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Did Casey Baldwin's record-setting HD-4 hydrofoil lead to a commercial boat?
No. The HD-4 set a speed record in 1919 but the project ended in 1921.
No. Baldwin built the HD-4 hydrofoil in 1919, and it set a world water speed record of 70.86 miles per hour on Bras d'Or Lake. The craft was nevertheless not a commercial success, and the HD-4 project was ended in 1921.
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Frederick Walker Baldwin (January 2, 1882, August 7, 1948), also known as Casey Baldwin, paternal grandson of Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, was a hydrofoil and aviation pioneer
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also known as Casey Baldwin, paternal grandson of Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin
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Frederick Walker Baldwin (January 2, 1882, August 7, 1948), also known as Casey Baldwin, paternal grandson of Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, was a hydrofoil and aviation pioneer and partner of the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
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